Anita Etale

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Anita Etale is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Anita Etale has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Water Science and Technology, 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Anita Etale's work include Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (8 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (5 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (5 papers). Anita Etale is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (8 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (5 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (5 papers). Anita Etale collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Anita Etale's co-authors include Amaka J. Onyianta, Stephen J. Eichhorn, Simon R. Turner, Michael Siegrist, Deanne C. Drake, Yannick Nuapia, Heidi Richards, Hlanganani Tutu, Ephraim Vunain and Maurice Monjerezi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Carbohydrate Polymers and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Anita Etale

36 papers receiving 993 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cellulose: A Review of Water Interactions, Applications in Composites, and Water Treatment

2023 423 citations Anita Etale, Amaka J. Onyianta et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anita Etale South Africa	16	324	248	230	95	88	36	1.0k
Yangmei Chen China	16	285 0.9×	294 1.2×	353 1.5×	89 0.9×	67 0.8×	23	861
Elaine I. Pereira Brazil	10	173 0.5×	363 1.5×	197 0.9×	147 1.5×	45 0.5×	12	811
Hainong Song China	17	300 0.9×	342 1.4×	205 0.9×	98 1.0×	127 1.4×	44	1.1k
J. Tijero Spain	17	180 0.6×	259 1.0×	253 1.1×	78 0.8×	91 1.0×	41	940
Mousa M. Nazhad Thailand	18	416 1.3×	390 1.6×	97 0.4×	77 0.8×	99 1.1×	32	1.0k
M. Mahbubul Bashar Bangladesh	13	210 0.6×	159 0.6×	125 0.5×	54 0.6×	152 1.7×	28	790
Anca Peter Romania	19	250 0.8×	138 0.6×	184 0.8×	87 0.9×	60 0.7×	65	1.1k
Xiaoyun Mao China	17	171 0.5×	340 1.4×	355 1.5×	137 1.4×	44 0.5×	38	978
Astimar Abdul Aziz Malaysia	17	229 0.7×	361 1.5×	103 0.4×	48 0.5×	168 1.9×	46	887
Henning Storz Germany	12	132 0.4×	183 0.7×	214 0.9×	33 0.3×	64 0.7×	16	686

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Richards, Heidi, et al.. (2023). Carbon nanotubes and silver nanoparticles modification of PVDF membranes for improved seawater desalination in direct contact membrane distillation. 2. 17 indexed citations

Etale, Anita, Amaka J. Onyianta, Simon R. Turner, & Stephen J. Eichhorn. (2023). Cellulose: A Review of Water Interactions, Applications in Composites, and Water Treatment. Chemical Reviews. 123(5). 2016–2048. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

Scholes, Robert J., Kaera Coetzer, Bernard W. T. Coetzee, et al.. (2023). A Delphi assessment of climate change risks in southern Africa in the 21st century. Climate Risk Management. 42. 100566–100566. 3 indexed citations

Onyianta, Amaka J., et al.. (2023). Tackling the challenge of drying and redispersion of cellulose nanofibrils via membrane-facilitated liquid phase exchange. Carbohydrate Polymers. 314. 120943–120943. 6 indexed citations

Etale, Anita, et al.. (2022). Water scarcity and alternative water sources in South Africa: can information provision shift perceptions?. Urban Water Journal. 20(10). 1438–1449. 16 indexed citations

Etale, Anita, et al.. (2022). Reclaimed water systems in office buildings: Perceptions of building facilities managers. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries. 33(2). 201–211. 2 indexed citations

Onyianta, Amaka J., Anita Etale, Todor T. Koev, et al.. (2022). Amphiphilic Cellulose Nanocrystals for Aqueous Processing of Thermoplastics. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 4(11). 8684–8693. 7 indexed citations

Onyianta, Amaka J., et al.. (2022). Production and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals of different allomorphs from oil palm empty fruit bunches for enhancing composite interlaminar fracture toughness. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications. 5. 100272–100272. 17 indexed citations

Nuapia, Yannick, et al.. (2022). Green chemistry approaches for extraction of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs): A comparison of mineral and organic acids. Materials Today Proceedings. 62. S57–S62. 31 indexed citations

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Etale, Anita, et al.. (2022). Biofouling phenomena in membrane distillation: mechanisms and mitigation strategies. Environmental Science Advances. 2(1). 39–54. 25 indexed citations

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Ablo, Austin Dziwornu & Anita Etale. (2022). Beyond technical: delineating factors influencing recycled water acceptability. Urban Water Journal. 21(8). 1014–1021. 5 indexed citations

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Etale, Anita, et al.. (2021). New bio-based sustainable polymers and polymer composites based on methacrylate derivatives of furfural, solketal and lactic acid. Materials Today Communications. 28. 102721–102721. 14 indexed citations

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Etale, Anita, et al.. (2021). The influence of socio-economic status on risk prioritisation. Journal of Risk Research. 25(4). 501–519. 3 indexed citations

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Madikizela, Lawrence Mzukisi, Yannick Nuapia, Luke Chimuka, Somandla Ncube, & Anita Etale. (2021). Target and Suspect Screening of Pharmaceuticals and their Transformation Products in the Klip River, South Africa, using Ultra-High–Performance Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 41(2). 437–447. 22 indexed citations

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Ncube, Somandla, Yannick Nuapia, Luke Chimuka, Lawrence Mzukisi Madikizela, & Anita Etale. (2021). Trace Detection and Quantitation of Antibiotics in a South African Stream Receiving Wastewater Effluents and Municipal Dumpsite Leachates. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9. 24 indexed citations

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Etale, Anita, Kelly S. Fielding, A.I. Schäfer, & Michael Siegrist. (2020). Recycled and desalinated water: Consumers’ associations, and the influence of affect and disgust on willingness to use. Journal of Environmental Management. 261. 110217–110217. 43 indexed citations

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Etale, Anita, et al.. (2017). Tap versus bottled water consumption: The influence of social norms, affect and image on consumer choice. Appetite. 121. 138–146. 60 indexed citations

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Etale, Anita, Hlanganani Tutu, & Deanne C. Drake. (2014). Application of maghemite nanoparticles as sorbents for the removal of Cu(II), Mn(II) and U(VI) ions from aqueous solution in acid mine drainage conditions. Applied Water Science. 6(2). 187–197. 21 indexed citations

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Etale, Anita & Deanne C. Drake. (2013). Industrial Pollution and Food Safety in Kigali, Rwanda. International Journal of Environmental Research. 7(2). 403–406. 6 indexed citations

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Drake, Deanne C., Bryan Maritz, Shayne M. Jacobs, et al.. (2012). The propagation and dispersal of misinformation in ecology: Is there a relationship between citation accuracy and journal impact factor?. Hydrobiologia. 702(1). 1–4. 11 indexed citations

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